diff --git a/fix-glossary.patch b/fix-glossary.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6c5a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fix-glossary.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+From 558aa0418f20f411c58997aaa4fdbe5fcab07fd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jeremy Tan <jtanx@outlook.com>
+Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 11:42:24 +1000
+Subject: Fix sphinx terms and disable appveyor spam
+
+See also sphinx-doc/sphinx#7418
+---
+ doc/sphinx/glossary.rst | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
+ 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/doc/sphinx/glossary.rst b/doc/sphinx/glossary.rst
+index 9a9f4f8630..b53ed2369e 100644
+--- a/doc/sphinx/glossary.rst
++++ b/doc/sphinx/glossary.rst
+@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ Typographical glossary
+       Both Hebrew and Arabic have optional vowel marks and are called "impure"
+       abjads. Ancient Phoenician had nothing but consonants and is a "pure" abjad.
+ 
+-      See Also: :term:`alphabet`,
+-      :term:`abugida`, :term:`syllabary` and
++      See Also: :term:`Alphabet`,
++      :term:`Abugida`, :term:`Syllabary` and
+       the relevant `Wikipedia article <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abjad>`__.
+ 
+    Abugida
+-      An abugida is somewhere in between an :term:`alphabet` and
+-      a :term:`syllabary`. The Indic writing systems are
++      An abugida is somewhere in between an :term:`alphabet <Alphabet>` and
++      a :term:`syllabary <Syllabary>`. The Indic writing systems are
+       probably the best known abugidas.
+ 
+       In most abugidas there are independant glyphs for the consonants, and each
+@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ Typographical glossary
+       An abugida differs from an abjad in that vowels (other than the default) must
+       be marked in the abugida.
+ 
+-      See Also: :term:`alphabet`, :term:`abjad`,
+-      :term:`syllabary` and the relevant
++      See Also: :term:`Alphabet`, :term:`Abjad`,
++      :term:`Syllabary` and the relevant
+       `Wikipedia article <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abugida>`__.
+ 
+    Advance Width
+@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ Typographical glossary
+       vowels alike -- and (in theory anyway) all phonemes in a word will be marked
+       by an appropriate glyph.
+ 
+-      See Also: :term:`abjad`, :term:`abugida`,
+-      :term:`syllabary` and the relevant
++      See Also: :term:`Abjad`, :term:`Abugida`,
++      :term:`Syllabary` and the relevant
+       `Wikipedia article <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet>`__.
+ 
+    Apple Advanced Typography
+@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+ 
+    Ascent
+       In traditional typography the ascent of a font was the distance from the top
+-      of a block of type to the :term:`baseline`.
++      of a block of type to the :term:`baseline <Baseline>`.
+ 
+       Its precise meaning in modern typography seems to vary with different
+       definers.
+@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+    Black letter
+       Any of various type families based on medieval handwriting.
+ 
+-      See also :term:`gothic`.
++      See also :term:`Gothic`.
+ 
+    BMP
+    Basic Multilingual Plane
+@@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ Typographical glossary
+         (0xE0000-0xEFFFF)
+ 
+    Bold
+-      A common font :term:`style`. The stems of the glyphs are
++      A common font :term:`style <Style>`. The stems of the glyphs are
+       wider than in the normal font, giving the letters a darker impression. Bold
+       is one of the few :term:`LGC` styles that translate readily to
+       other scripts.
+ 
+    Bopomofo
+-      A (modern~1911) Chinese (Mandarin) :term:`alphabet` used
++      A (modern~1911) Chinese (Mandarin) :term:`alphabet <Alphabet>` used
+       to provide phonetic transliteration of Han ideographs in dictionaries.
+ 
+    Boustrophedon
+@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+       Writing "as the ox plows", that is alternating between left to right and
+       right to left writing directions. Early alphabets (Old Canaanite, and the
+       very early greek writings (and, surprisingly,
+-      :term:`fuþark`)) used this. Often the right to left glyphs
++      :term:`Fuþark`)) used this. Often the right to left glyphs
+       would be mirrors of the left to right ones. As far as I know, no modern
+       writing system uses this method (nor does OpenType have any support for it).
+       See Also :term:`Bidi`.
+@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+ 
+    Character
+       A character is a Platonic ideal reified into at least one
+-      :term:`glyph`. For example the letter "s" is a character
++      :term:`glyph <Glyph>`. For example the letter "s" is a character
+       which is reified into several different glyphs: "S", "s", "*s*", long-s, etc.
+       Note that these glyphs can look fairly different from each other, however
+       although the glyph for an integral sign might be the same as the long-s
+@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+ 
+    Descent
+       In traditional typography the descent of a font was the distance from the
+-      bottom of a block of type to the :term:`baseline`.
++      bottom of a block of type to the :term:`baseline <Baseline>`.
+ 
+       Its precise meaning in modern typography seems to vary with different
+       definers.
+@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+       :ref:`anchored marks <anchorcontrol.DeviceTable>`.
+ 
+    Didot point
+-      The European :term:`point`. 62 :sup:`2`/:small:`3` points per
++      The European :term:`point <Point>`. 62 :sup:`2`/:small:`3` points per
+       23.566mm ( 2.66pt/mm or 67.55pt/inch ). There is also a "metric" didiot
+       point: .4mm.
+ 
+@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+ 
+    Encoding
+       An encoding is a mapping from a set of bytes onto a
+-      :term:`character set`. It is what determines which
++      :term:`character set <Character set>`. It is what determines which
+       byte sequence represents which character. The words "encoding" and "character
+       set" are often used synonymously. The specification for ASCII specifies both
+       a character set and an encoding. But CJK character sets often have multiple
+@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+       two sounds associated with it, but it does, see also
+       :term:`Thorn`)
+ 
+-   Even-Odd Fill rule
++   Even-Odd Fill Rule
+       To determine if a pixel should be
+       :ref:`filled using this rule <editexample2.even-odd-non-zero>`, draw a line from the
+       pixel to infinity (in any direction) then count the number of times contours
+@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+    Font
+       A collection of :term:`glyphs <Glyph>`, generally with at least one
+       glyph associated with each character in the font's
+-      :term:`character set`, often with an encoding.
++      :term:`character set <Character set>`, often with an encoding.
+ 
+       A font contains much of the information needed to turn a sequence of bytes
+       into a set of pictures representing the characters specified by those bytes.
+@@ -342,8 +342,8 @@ Typographical glossary
+       different font for each point-size.
+ 
+    Font Family, or just Family
+-      A collection of related :term:`font`\ s. Often including plain,
+-      italic and bold :term:`style`\ s.
++      A collection of related :term:`font <Font>`\ s. Often including plain,
++      italic and bold :term:`style <Style>`\ s.
+ 
+    FontForge
+       This.
+@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+    Fractur
+       The old black letter writing style used in Germany up until world war II.
+ 
+-      See also :term:`gothic`.
++      See also :term:`Gothic`.
+ 
+    Fuþark
+    Futhark
+@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+       China.
+ 
+    Hangul
+-      The Korean :term:`syllabary`. The only syllabary (that
++      The Korean :term:`Syllabary`. The only syllabary (that
+       I'm aware of anway) based on an alphabet -- the letters of the alphabet never
+       appear alone, but only as groups of two or three making up a syllable.
+ 
+@@ -439,11 +439,11 @@ Typographical glossary
+ 
+    Hints
+       These are described in detail in :ref:`the main manual <overview.Hints>`.
+-      They help the rasterizer to draw a :term:`glyph` well at
++      They help the rasterizer to draw a :term:`glyph <Glyph>` well at
+       small pointsizes.
+ 
+    Hint Masks
+-      At any given point on a contour :term:`hints` may not
++      At any given point on a contour :term:`hints <Hints>` may not
+       :term:`conflict <Conflicting hints>`. However different points in a
+       glyph may need conflicting hints. So every now and then a contour will change
+       which hints are active. Each list of active hints is called a hint mask.
+@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+       Generally used to mean Han (Chinese) characters.
+ 
+    Italic
+-      A slanted :term:`style` of a font, generally used for
++      A slanted :term:`style <Style>` of a font, generally used for
+       emphasis.
+ 
+       Italic differs from :term:`Oblique` in that the
+@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+       to it.
+ 
+    Kern pair
+-      A pair of glyphs for which :term:`kerning` information has
++      A pair of glyphs for which :term:`kerning <Kerning>` information has
+       been specified.
+ 
+    Kerning by classes
+@@ -541,9 +541,9 @@ Typographical glossary
+ 
+    Manyogana
+       An early Japanese script, ancestral to both
+-      :term:`hiragana` and :term:`katakana`.
++      :term:`Hiragana` and :term:`Katakana`.
+       `Manyogana <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manyogana>`__ used
+-      :term:`kanji` for their phontic sounds, and over the years
++      :term:`Kanji` for their phontic sounds, and over the years
+       these kanji were simplified into hiragana and katahana.
+ 
+    Metal Type
+@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+       :doc:`here for the tables used by FontForge </techref/TrueOpenTables>`.
+ 
+    Oblique
+-      A slanted :term:`style` of a font, generally used for
++      A slanted :term:`style <Style>` of a font, generally used for
+       emphasis.
+ 
+       Oblique differs from :term:`Italic` in that the
+@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+       `See Caslon's type specimen sheet on Wikipedia. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet>`__
+ 
+    Pica point
+-      The Anglo-American :term:`point`. With 72.27 points per inch
++      The Anglo-American :term:`point <Point>`. With 72.27 points per inch
+       ( 2.85pt /mm ).
+ 
+    Point
+@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+       points per inch, 2.86pt/mm).
+ 
+       The didiot and pica points were so arranged that text at a given point-size
+-      would have approximately the same :term:`cap-height` in
++      would have approximately the same :term:`cap-height <Cap-height>` in
+       both systems, the didot point would have extra white-space above the capitals
+       to contain the accents present in most non-English Latin based scripts.
+ 
+@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+         again only allows a 1 byte encoding, but the OpenType wrapper extends this to
+         provide more complex encoding types.
+       * Type 3 -- This format allows full postscript within the font, but it means
+-        that no :term:`hints` are allowed, so these fonts will not
++        that no :term:`hints <Hints>` are allowed, so these fonts will not
+         look as nice at small point-sizes. Also most (screen) rasterizers are
+         incapable of dealing with them. A type 3 font is limited to a one byte
+         encoding (ie. only 256 glyphs may be encoded).
+@@ -922,13 +922,13 @@ Typographical glossary
+    Style
+       There are various conventional variants of a font. In probably any writing
+       system the thickness of the stems of the glyphs may be varied, this is called
+-      the :term:`weight` of a font. Common weights are normal and
++      the :term:`weight <Weight>` of a font. Common weights are normal and
+       bold.
+ 
+-      In :term:`LGC` alphabets an :term:`italic` (or
+-      :term:`oblique`) style has arisen and is used for emphasis.
++      In :term:`LGC` alphabets an :term:`italic <Italic>` (or
++      :term:`oblique <Oblique>`) style has arisen and is used for emphasis.
+ 
+-      Fonts are often compressed into a :term:`condensed`
++      Fonts are often compressed into a :term:`condensed <Condensed>`
+       style, or expanded out into an :term:`extended style <Extended>`.
+ 
+       Various other styles are in occasional use: underline, overstrike, outline,
+@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+       tend to be bigger than alphabets (Japanese KataKana requires about 60
+       different characters, while the Korean Hangul requires tens of thousands).
+ 
+-      See Also: :term:`abjad`, :term:`abugida`, :term:`alphabet` and the relevant
++      See Also: :term:`Abjad`, :term:`Abugida`, :term:`Alphabet` and the relevant
+       `Wikipedia article <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%20yllabary>`__.
+ 
+    TeX
+@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ Typographical glossary
+ 
+    Width
+       This is a slightly ambiguous term and is sometimes used to mean the
+-      :term:`advance width` (the distance from the start of
++      :term:`advance width <Advance Width>` (the distance from the start of
+       this glyph to the start of the next glyph), and sometimes used to mean the
+       distance from the left side bearing to the right side bearing.
diff --git a/fontforge.changes b/fontforge.changes
index bb09904..c0c218e 100644
--- a/fontforge.changes
+++ b/fontforge.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 25 19:11:37 UTC 2020 - Benjamin Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- add support-sphinx3.patch and fix-glossary.patch to allow 
+  python-Sphinx >= 3
+  gh#fontforge/fontforge#4269 
+  gh#fontforge/fontforge#4284  
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 15 18:30:12 UTC 2020 - Antonio Larrosa <alarrosa@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/fontforge.spec b/fontforge.spec
index 917cd52..cf5c7c5 100644
--- a/fontforge.spec
+++ b/fontforge.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ Source1:        get-source.sh
 Patch0:         fontforge-version.patch
 Patch1:         fix-return-statement.patch
 Patch2:         fix-sphinx-doc.patch
+# gh#fontforge/fontforge#4269
+Patch3:         support-sphinx3.patch
+# taken from gh#fontforge/fontforge#4284
+Patch4:         fix-glossary.patch
 BuildRequires:  cairo-devel
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -102,6 +106,8 @@ to develop applications that use FontForge libraries.
 %if %{?suse_version} < 1550
 %patch2 -p1
 %endif
+%patch3 -p1
+%patch4 -p1
 
 %build
 %cmake \
diff --git a/support-sphinx3.patch b/support-sphinx3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ea81ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support-sphinx3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+From 36b52b9902a9e3858ef34ec006b6ad5da6374de1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jeremy Tan <jtanx@outlook.com>
+Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 20:57:14 +1000
+Subject: [PATCH] sphinx: make changes to support Sphinx 3
+
+---
+ doc/sphinx/scripting/python/fontforge.rst | 18 +++---------------
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/doc/sphinx/scripting/python/fontforge.rst b/doc/sphinx/scripting/python/fontforge.rst
+index b97332229c..f726b1ed4f 100644
+--- a/doc/sphinx/scripting/python/fontforge.rst
++++ b/doc/sphinx/scripting/python/fontforge.rst
+@@ -1365,6 +1365,7 @@ Layers may be compared to see if their contours are similar.
+             layer.stroke("calligraphic", width, height, angle[, FLAGS])
+             layer.stroke("polygon", contour[, FLAGS])
+    (Legacy interface)
++   :noindex:
+ 
+ .. method:: layer.stroke("circular", width  [, CAP, JOIN, ANGLE, KEYWORD])
+             layer.stroke("elliptical", width, minor_width  [, ANGLE, CAP, JOIN, KEYWORD])
+@@ -2458,6 +2459,7 @@ must be created through the font.
+             glyph.stroke("calligraphic", width, height, angle[, FLAGS])
+             glyph.stroke("polygon", contour[, FLAGS])
+    (Legacy interface)
++   :noindex:
+ 
+ .. method:: glyph.stroke("circular", width[, CAP, JOIN, ANGLE, KEYWORD])
+             glyph.stroke("elliptical", width, minor_width[, ANGLE, CAP, JOIN, KEYWORD])
+@@ -4786,21 +4788,6 @@ See the :class:`selection` type for how to alter the selection.
+    Extrema should be marked by on-curve points. If a curve in any selected
+    glyph lacks a point at a significant extremum this command will add one.
+ 
+-.. method:: font.addSmallCaps()
+-
+-   For all selected upper or lower case letters in the latin, greek and
+-   cyrillic scripts this will try to create a small caps version of that glyph
+-   in a new glyph slot.
+-
+-   So if you select "A" (or "a") then a glyph "a.sc" will be created (if "a.sc"
+-   already exists, it will be reused, and its current contents cleared).
+-
+-   The contents of "a.sc" will be based on the upper case variant of this glyph
+-   (and that variant must be present for the command to work). FontForge will
+-   also create two lookups (unless appropriate ones already exist) one, bound
+-   to the feature 'c2sc' will map upper case letters to small caps, the other,
+-   bound to feature 'smcp' will map lower case letters to small caps.
+-
+ .. method:: font.autoHint()
+ 
+    Generates PostScript hints for all selected glyphs.
+@@ -4993,6 +4980,7 @@ See the :class:`selection` type for how to alter the selection.
+             font.stroke("calligraphic", width, height, angle[, FLAGS])
+             font.stroke("polygon", contour[, FLAGS])
+    (Legacy interface)
++   :noindex:
+ 
+ .. method:: font.stroke("circular", width[, CAP, JOIN, ANGLE, KEYWORD])
+             font.stroke("elliptical", width, minor_width[, ANGLE, CAP, JOIN, KEYWORD])